The proposal comes after a testing twelve months for the sector – epitomised by the collapse of Realtime Worlds, a studio which made over 200 developers redundant due to the commercial failure of its MMO All Points Bulletin.

The report’s statistics suggest that development headcount in Scotland fell by 18 per cent last year, compared to a 4.4 per cent shrink

In November last year Develop revealed the findings of an independent study which found that the UK sector had contracted by nine per cent since 2008. The reduction represented around 900 job losses, bringing the total UK dev headcount to about 9,000.

The Scottish Affairs Committee claimed the UK, at large, lost 4.4 per cent of its workforce last year overall.

"Formal representation at regional level could provide stronger support for companies," the Committee explained.

It said that games companies “face significant challenges in accessing finance,” and that “more needs to be done to increase the understanding of the financial cycle for video games companies amongst banks and private equity funders.”